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CRACKED 27% OF AMERICANS HAVE CUT OFF CONTACT WITH A FAMILY MEMBER. The survey of 1,300 people found that 10%, 8%, and 9% reported being estranged from a parent, child, or sibling respectively, while the rest were extended family. — Source

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CRACKED AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN JAPAN SHOWCASED THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH. Space World, in Kitakyushu, Japan, closed its Ice Aquarium skating rink after receiving criticism for displaying 5,000 dead fish in the ice. The fish had been arranged to form shapes and spell out, causing many to accuse the park of animal abuse. — Source

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CRACKED JAPAN IS CREATING WOOD SATELLITES. Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry and Kyoto University are teaming up to have the wooden satellites ready for launch by 2023. The partnership will begin experimenting with different types of wood in extreme environments. — Source

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The Netherlands

CRACKED THE NETHERLANDS IS HOME TO THE TALLEST PEOPLE ON EARTH. The Netherlands is the country with the tallest men in the world, with an average male height of 72.36 inches. — Source

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CRACKED A MICHIGAN TYCOON LEFT AN UNUSUAL WILL WHEN НЕ DIED IN 1919. Wellington Burt's golden egg, worth up to $110 million, would remain in its nest (a trust fund) for 21 years after the death of his last surviving grandchild. That time finally came in 2011, 92 years later. Will and nacc, fraud, model Will, hereby sing mind nd memory and by any dures Mare this to be ade by me. — Source

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Emails

CRACKED Inbox (5376354) Important cant Mail EMAIL IS THE BANE OF OFFICE WORKERS EVERYWHERE. 81% say email is their primary source of internal communication, and 67% feel overwhelmed by their inbox. But the real kicker? 82% of people surveyed said they miss important emails because there's just too much in their inbox. — Source

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Halloween

CRACKED THE POISONED CANDY SCARE CAN BE TRACED BACK TO AN OP-ED PUBLISHED IN 1970. The article raised the idea that strangers could use Halloween's trick-or-treat tradition to poison children. This frightened readers who accepted the questions as fact, setting off a chain reaction of panic that would last for years. — Source

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CRACKED THE DIRTY WAR IN ARGENTINA WAS A TIME OF STATE TERRORISM. People were drugged, stripped naked, and thrown out of airplanes into the ocean. Around 200 of these death flights took place. — Source

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Casino Royale

CRACKED THE ADAPTATION OF CASINO ROYALE CHANGED THE GAME FROM BACCARAT TO POKER. This worried director Martin Campbell, as the movie's centerpiece would be around a quiet poker table - but he managed to crack it. — Source

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CRACKED MICHAEL JACKSON'S FIRST MOONWALK WAS DURING HIS PERFORMANCE OF BILLIE JEAN AT MOTOWN 25. Не later confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he cried after the performance because he was so unhappy with it. — Source

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CRACKED TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, IT WOULD TAKE YOU 25,000 YEARS TO REACH THE MIDDLE OF THE MILKY WAY. The Sun is located on one of the spiral arms, about 25,000 light-years away from the center of the galaxy. — Source

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GRACKED BANANAS WEREN'T ALWAYS THE SWEET, SEEDLESS SNACKS WE KNOW TODAY. 7,000 years ago, bananas had large pits of inedible seeds in their fleshy center. People mostly ate the flowers or underground tubers of the banana tree. — Source

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Grain Payments

CRACKED ARTISANS IN ANCIENT EGYPT STAGED THE FIRST RECORDED STRIKE. In the 12th century ВСЕ, artisans went on strike after not receiving their monthly grain ration. They were successful in securing a partial payment. — Source

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CRACKED A VOLCANO STOPPED ALL THE ENGINES OF AN AIRLINER. In 1982, British Airways Boeing 747 flight BA 009 lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000 ft due to volcanic ash. The crew was able to restart the engines after about 15 minutes and safely landed the plane. YGD BRITISHARDALL — Source

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CRACKED THE ENTIRETY OF CHINA USES THE SAME TIME ZONE. This can cause confusion as in different parts of the country, the sun may rise and set with a difference of up to four hours. — Source

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Women were forbidden to wear pants onto the floor of Congress until 1993. CRACKED.COM In 1969, Charlotte Reid be- came the first woman to wear pants to Congress. She said, Gerald Ford told me he thought it was great, and I should do it more often. — Source

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Moscow Mules

Moscow mules were created by three people trying to get rid of vodka, ginger beer, and copper mugs. CRACKED.COM John Martin purchased Smirnoff in the '30s, but had trouble selling the vodka. His friend, who owned a pub in Hollywood, bemoaned being unable to sell his ginger beer, and another patron said she had too many mugs. — Source

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Chronic cannabis users can develop cyclical vomiting and abdominal pain. CRACKED.COM Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome was first discov- ered in 2004, and little is known about how it works. Some sufferers compul- sively shower with hot wa- ter, which alleviates the symptoms. — Source

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Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett considers the controlling shares of Berkshire Hathaway to be the dumbest stock he ever bought. CRACKED.COM Buffet bought the shares of the now multibil- lion-dollar company just to fire the CEO as re- venge for trying to low-ball him when Buffett went to sell the stock. — Source

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Emperor Friedrich II forbade doctors from doubling as pharmacists. CRACKED.COM In 1241, after noticing the rapidly rising cost of medicine, he fixed the prices of various medicines so that they could not rise further. — Source

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Spain

The village of Juzcar, Spain used 4,000 liters of paint to turn the entire village blue for the release of Smurfs (2011). CRACKED COM After the movie had been released, residents voted to keep it blue as it had helped in- crease tourism. — Source

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9/11

Ben Sliney's first day as one of the FAA's National Operations Managers was on September 11, 2001. CRACKED.COM It was Sliney's decision, and only Sliney's deci- sion, to ground all 4,200 planes in the US after the terrorist attacks, the first of which occurred at just 8:45 am. — Source

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The BBC

In 1942, the BBC banned the song Deep in the Heart of Texas during work hours. DRO WIN TTU DEEP IN THE HEARTof TUTTY TEXAS CRACKED.COM KNICHT They worried that its infectious melody might cause wartime factory-hands to ne- glect their tools while they clapped in time with the song. — Source

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During World War 1, the USA recruited sportsmen who were skilled at trap shooting. No CRACKED.COM They were then armed with shotguns and stationed where they could fire at en- emy hand grenades in midair. — Source

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The biggest warning siren ever was made by Chrysler and powered by a V8 Hemi engine. CRACKED.COM It was 12 feet long, weighed 3 tons, was heard in a 2000 square mile area, condensed fog into rain, and some- times knocked birds out of the sky. — Source

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A Kansas man robbed a bank in 2016 just to get away from his wife. DAY GRACKED COM Lawrence John Ripple robbed a bank and then waited in the lob- by, later telling the in- vestigators he'd rather be in jail than with his wife. — Source

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Lebron James rejected a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was just 18. CRACKED.COM When asked why, he said that Nike or Adi- das might offer him a bit more. Less than a year later, he accepted a $90 million offer from Nike. — Source

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There is a plan in place to use a continuously airborne command center in the event of nuclear war. CRACKED COM Operation Looking Glass is capable of directing all of the United States' nuclear assets as a backup, should SAC's ground facilities be destroyed. Taking turns, the planes would be staffed for 29 years. — Source

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Lucky Number 3

The baseball Hall of Famer Larry Walker was fixated on the number 3. CRACKED.COM Не wore number 33, was married on November 3 at 3:33 and his phone number had as many threes as the phone company would al- low. In 1993, he signed a $3 million contract. — Source

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High-fiber diets work to lower your cholesterol by interfering with bile absorption in the intestines. CRACKED.COM Because the bile can't get absorbed as well, the bile gets flushed out with your poop, and so the body makes more bile salts, using choles- terol as fuel. — Source

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There is still a Newsweek article from 1995 up on their website scoffing about the future of the internet. (608) ales week Newsweek ROUGH INKING D control Bud cmp. MOVIFIED + CHOPPED. New CRACKED.COM It laughed at the idea that people would get news, learn, or buy airline tickets online, calling things like interactive libraries and multimedia classrooms baloney. — Source

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Japan has the largest organized crime group in the world. CRACKED.COM Yamaguchi Gumi is worth $80 billion. By contrast, Sinaloa, Mexico's largest drug cartel, was worth $3 billion. — Source

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Two parents named their newborn son Dovahkiin and won a lifetime supply of Bethesda games. CRACKED.COM Bethesda Games set up a challenge that would reward any couple free Bethesda games for life if they gave birth on Skyrim's 11/11/11 re- lease date and named the baby Dovahkiin. — Source

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The Roman Senate required stadiums to be inspected and certified after the worst sports disaster on record. CRACKED.COM In 27 AD, a cheap wood- en stadium in Fidenae, 8 miles north of Rome, collapsed during a crowded gladiator game and killed at least 20,000 people. — Source

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates and Paul Allen took advantage of software glitches while in middle school. CRACKED.COM The pair lost computer privileges after obtaining free computer time from the company that provided them. They were allowed back in the computer lab when they offered to de- bug the program. — Source

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